May 1, 2002. LaRouche spoke on the topic of "The Middle East:
The Blow-Back Effect" to a Washington, DC audience; his remarks were also
webcast. He stated that the conflict in the Middle East "threatens,
under present circumstances, to bring an end, for generations to come,
to civilization, worldwide, as we have known it." "Because if what
is proposed now, the 'Clash of Civilizations,' of Samuel Huntington, of
Bernard Lewis, of Zbigniew Brzezinski, of Henry Kissinger, and other swine--if
these things are allowed to continue, this kind of war, which they've got
young Bush tied into right now, then I assure you, given the realities
of the economic situation, given the military realities, given the political
realities, you will not have civilized life on this planet for generations
yet to come: a dark age for all humanity," LaRouche said.